Mholloway says that they dont like tagging systems. I have a friend who adds stuff like +++ or *** or his initials before his favorite samples' filenames, but to me that also gets messy really quickly, and seems rather clunky.Ĭurious what you do for your workflow? Looking for new ideas. I really wish I could just star specific samples within the master folder– not add to a "collection," but just quickly see when I search what is a go-to sample for me. It's all very logical, but it's tedious and inefficient creating separate folders for each. If I don't find something here that inspires me, I have the master folder to refer to, organized the same way. Within each subfolder, I am keeping it limited to my tried and true go-to favorites, so really 10-20 samples each folder. Under that, it has the same exact sub-folder structure as the master folder, for organizational and consistency purposes. Then, I've been making a !FAVORITES! folder at the top of this section. If a sample pack has sounds I would never use, I delete and don't bother storing here (or anywhere for that matter). Within those, I may have a couple hundred of each instrument/drum that I may or would be willing to try in a song. All of it is organized under folders, so for example under Drums I have: So for now, I've built a main folder in my user library of samples/instruments that I would possibly use and have been tagging the filenames contextually (source, instrument, bpm/key, whatever relevant searchable info).
I do like to reach for favorites when starting a song, but sometimes I like to surprise myself with a new sound every now and again. Even within one genre, every song is different, and let's say I have 10-20 kicks/snares/etc it doesn't necessarily mean that they will be right for all songs and styles. Now I've heard some people say "just pick 10 of the best kicks/snares/whatever and delete the rest." To me that's a very limited view on production, especially for those of us who collaborate with other artists and work within several different genres. Live 10 added the "collections" pane but IMHO it doesn't go deep enough to make it very useable, especially for stuff like drums for which you'd ideally want to create subfolders organizing individual samples (e.g., KICKS, SNARES, HATS, etc.) rather than lump them all within the same "collection." Don't get me wrong, I like the collections feature for what it's worth, but I need something more comprehensive for my workflow. Curious what everyone else does to organize loads of samples but also identify, tag, or bookmark favorites? As of writing, Ableton still lacks a proper system of tagging and bookmarking.
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